Who said it

“This is going to be hard, there will be no consensus, but we have to try, because if you can’t do it with a majority of 80, when can you?”

- Armed Forces Minister James Heappey on reform of the social care system.

“It doesn’t seem reasonable that people who are going to work in my own constituency in east Lancashire, probably on lower wages than many other areas of the country, will pay tax to support people to keep hold of their houses in other parts of the country where house prices may be much higher”

- Rossendale and Darwen MP Jake Berry, leader of the Northern Research Group of Tory MPs, following reports that ministers are set to raise national insurance to fund changes to social care.

“We know waiting lists will get worse before they get better as people come forward for help, and I want to reassure you the NHS is open, and we are doing what we can to support the NHS to deliver routine operations and treatment to patients across the country” Health Secretary Sajid Javid. “We were like an extended family for so long and we know so many of you by name. I wanted to make sure you knew just how much your love and continued support meant to Sarah through her most vulnerable times” - Cheryl in a tribute to Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding who died aged 39.

“I just saw something move from the suitcase but couldn’t find anything when I searched the room, and a couple of days later it appeared on a wall in the house” holidaymaker Victoria Naylor, who unwittingly transported a gecko from Crete to her home in Altrincham.